Species Enicmus tenuicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Enicmus tenuicornis

Latridiid of sorts... - Enicmus tenuicornis

Small beetle with textured pronotum and head - Enicmus tenuicornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Coccinelloidea

No Taxon (Coccinellid group)

Family Latridiidae (Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Latridiinae

Genus Enicmus

Species tenuicornis (Enicmus tenuicornis)

Explanation of Names

Enicmus tenuicornis LeConte 1878

Size

1.6–1.9 mm(1)

Range

NA, transcontinental (NS-BC to NY-MI-AZ-CA)(1)

Habitat

forests (primarily coniferous)(1)

Food

conidia of slime moulds(1)

Works Cited

1.	Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: New records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography Majka C.G., Langor D., Rücker W.H. 2009. The Canadian Entomologist 141: 317‒370.

Contributed by v belov on 25 March, 2009 - 10:25pm
Last updated 13 December, 2014 - 1:44pm

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